LANGUAGE 06.01.02 Trailing Behind, Poetry

Trailing Behind by Christy Hill Thick Varnished floor Stubbed Balanced tiptoes Hand clings to sink Other reaches Upwards Stretches beyond Capacity Fingers grasp Book corner Gleaming cover Rocks Plummets Towards forehead Caught mid flight Stand Proudly in Cool bathroom Leaning against Porcelain tub Holding Soft Worn spine Yellow pages turned Repeatedly Stark black drawing Sketched above Vibrant Imaginary worlds Dense paragraph Thumbed A hundred times Letters carefully Enunciated Words Pieced together Strings of Sentences Thrilled I could understand Read Like my older brother.